Statistical investigations on single trapped neutral atoms

被引：53

作者：

Ruschewitz, F ^{[1
]}

Bettermann, D ^{[1
]}

Peng, JL ^{[1
]}

Ertmer, W ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV BONN,INST ANGEW PHYS,D-53115 BONN,GERMANY

来源：

EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1996年 / 34卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1209/epl/i1996-00510-7

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Single neutral atoms have been stored in a magneto-optical trap and imaged with the help of a CCD camera. The trapping of individual atoms is marked by steps in the fluorescence signal corresponding to the capture or loss of a single atom. The statistics of these capture and loss processes is explained by means of a birth-death model. The spatial distribution and the trap losses are investigated for the single-atom case and compared with the behaviour of a cloud of up to 2.10(5) atoms.

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页数：6

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